

Osono and Eisuke would like to get married but with her up to her neck in debt due to her late father's illness and him trying to raise the funds to start a business, they can't afford to do so. Osono agrees to work as a geisha and eventually is tricked into becoming a businessman's mistress, all because she wants to help her lover. The businessman, in turn, is actually only interested in training her so he can hand her over to a palace official in exchange for a trade agreement...
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Cast

Setsuko Ogawa
Osono(おその)
Hiroshi Gojo
Eisuke(英助)
Hiroyuki Mikawa
Mondonoshô Okado(岡戸主水正)
Shuhei Yamamoto
Minoya-kiuemon(美濃屋喜右衛門)
Keiko Maki
Mamemaru(豆丸)
Sayuri Oka
Orin(おりん)

Chieko Harada
Geisha Girl(芸者)

Yoshie Kitsuda
Geisha Girl(芸者)
Keisuke Yukioka
Yasuke(弥助)
Kensuke Tamai
Kimono shop Owner(呉服屋)
Kokan Katsura
Hôkan(幣間)
Kenji Shimamura
Ôminokami Fukatsu(深津近江守)
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